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mr. king: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman, and i rise in support for s. 1998 and commend the basis of this legislation which will look for a clean audit report and in particular as it relates to congress a report on the plan to obtain an unqualified opinion annually until an unqualified opinion is submitted and submit to congress a report on d.h.s.'s plan to -- plans and resources needed to modernize d.h.s.'s financial system. let be clear -- let me be clear that we know we need resources to secure the homeland but this has $40 billion in the annual budget, 30,000 employees. d.h.s. is the third largest federal department. it demands a clean audit. i'd indicate that one of the issues we've continued
mr. king: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman, and i rise in support for s. 1998 and commend the basis of this legislation which will look for a clean audit report and...
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. >> bob king, thank you, sir, mr. president, for joining us tonight. a lot of viewers are well younger because they don't remember the fights after world war ii and all that fight about right to work and whether states should have a right to pass these laws. make your case quite simply. why should a worker be forced to join a union? >> well, let's start out with the facts. no worker in america is forced to join a union. the national labor re-elections act say that any worker -- our uaw constitution says any worker who does not want to be a member, does not have to be. they still work. the question here really is do citizens in a community pay their fair share of the police, the fire, the snow removal, any of the services they get from that community? yes, they do. i want to ask governor snyder, is he -- >> no, no. bob, let me ask you the question. i know you had fun with me on that one. in other words, you have to pay the equivalent of the dues even if you're not a member of the union, right? you're forced to do it in order to work. >> you don't have t
. >> bob king, thank you, sir, mr. president, for joining us tonight. a lot of viewers are well younger because they don't remember the fights after world war ii and all that fight about right to work and whether states should have a right to pass these laws. make your case quite simply. why should a worker be forced to join a union? >> well, let's start out with the facts. no worker in america is forced to join a union. the national labor re-elections act say that any worker -- our...
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nicole: we are trend mr. king a little higher, not far off of the line, like apple has been lower and back in the green and helping the tech heavy nasdaq shows in green arrows and been under significant pressure. dow jones industrials crossing the unchanged line again and again, worries about fiscal cliff tomorrow is the all-important jobs report. right now you see the dow up fractionally, up about 10 points. that is the latest on the floor of the stock exchange. was going on at the cme? phil: the day after the biggest gasoline inventory build in 15 years gasoline futures are up, trading close to 0 one month low. they're under a lot fresher this morning not only from that massive amount of supply but the comments out of the ecb and mario draghi. the good news is retail gasoline prices just in time for the holidays should be coming down dramatically. we are here in some areas where they could drop as much as $0.30. if you look at other markets it is not all good news. we are seeing a lot of nervousness in the
nicole: we are trend mr. king a little higher, not far off of the line, like apple has been lower and back in the green and helping the tech heavy nasdaq shows in green arrows and been under significant pressure. dow jones industrials crossing the unchanged line again and again, worries about fiscal cliff tomorrow is the all-important jobs report. right now you see the dow up fractionally, up about 10 points. that is the latest on the floor of the stock exchange. was going on at the cme? phil:...
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martin luther king jr., the home county of mrs. ralph abernathy, the home county of mrs. andrew young. and because of what happened to him, we made a decision to march. in selma, alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. the only place you could attempt to register was to go down to the courthouse. you had to pass a so-called literacy test. and they would tell people over and over again that they didn't or couldn't pass the literacy test. on one occasion, a man was asked to count the number of bubbles on a bar of soap. on another occasion, a man was asked to count the number of jellybeans in a jar. there were african-american lawyers, doctors, teachers, housewives, college professors flunking this so-called literacy test. and we had to change that, so we sought to march. and we got to the top of the bridge. we saw a sea of blue-alabama state troopers-and we continued to walk. we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. and a man identified himself and said, "i'm major john cloud of the alabama state troopers. this is an
martin luther king jr., the home county of mrs. ralph abernathy, the home county of mrs. andrew young. and because of what happened to him, we made a decision to march. in selma, alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. the only place you could attempt to register was to go down to the courthouse. you had to pass a so-called literacy test. and they would tell people over and over again that they didn't or couldn't pass the literacy test. on one...
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i remember going down to the martin luther king center at mrs. king's invitation of speaking their during the time was there -- probably 20 years ago. i referred to rebel and -- ran martin luther king as reverend king and not dr. king and she said, thank you. reverend is what what mattered most. that is what the find him and set the course of his politics. host: what do you make of this piece in "the christian science monitor" talking about the changing landscape in new england. people are leaving the mainline churches and going toward alternative churches because, some are saying, these churches to not get involved in politics. guest: that are going to the ones that cannot get involved in politics. it is a complicated message. i imagine if you probe a little more deeply with the colts been interviewed, you find all sorts of reasons. people not just turn away from religion because it is getting involved in politics. it also like the message. they like what the church stands for. i notice a move in areas of traditional religious faith toward more
i remember going down to the martin luther king center at mrs. king's invitation of speaking their during the time was there -- probably 20 years ago. i referred to rebel and -- ran martin luther king as reverend king and not dr. king and she said, thank you. reverend is what what mattered most. that is what the find him and set the course of his politics. host: what do you make of this piece in "the christian science monitor" talking about the changing landscape in new england....
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produced rules but i understand that mr hood tb is probably not very experienced in politics but he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to or position forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about the roman ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives with their preconditions official notice i also managed to speak exclusively with the foreign minister more official thoughts and assessment of the syrian crisis that's coming up after twelve am g.m.t. . now telling companies are reportedly seventy million dollars in debt to afghanistan this could pull accuses some of them of tax evasion the main focus is on the military's biggest food supply a bit antiwar activist brian becker thinks could pull has enough skeletons in the same closet. is caught between a rock and a hard place he owes his very survival t
produced rules but i understand that mr hood tb is probably not very experienced in politics but he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to or position forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about the roman ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's...
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king. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from georgia for yielding and for leading this special order to honor jay pearson. i'm sitting here and i'm glad i had the opportunity to here other members to talk about jay pearson and i wonder how do i make sense of this. 34 years. 34 years ago there was a lady that opened up a convenience store in a town in my district. she gave knowledge and if you want to though when a mayor ran or why there isn't a parking meter or stop light in the town, you could ask her and she would know. who is working in what field, she'll know. same thing here. one person who knows the house of representatives, that understands it, and knows the history, has lived it and one thing to catch up with things, but another to feel it in your instinct and in your gut. jay has all of that. and he has had to listen to me and for that i come to the floor and apologize night after night after night. i couldn't have done that without your excellent help. and mr. speaker, jay would correct
king. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from georgia for yielding and for leading this special order to honor jay pearson. i'm sitting here and i'm glad i had the opportunity to here other members to talk about jay pearson and i wonder how do i make sense of this. 34 years. 34 years ago there was a lady that opened up a convenience store in a town in my district. she gave knowledge and if you want to though when a mayor ran or why there isn't a parking meter or stop light in the town, you could...
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mr. king says he will caucus with the democrats for committee assignments. both chambers of congress are in today for unfinished legislative business including a possible deal on the so-called fiscal deal. the senate is in at 1:00 p.m. eastern to consider two appointments. votes in the senate are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern. majority leader harry reid and minority leader mcconnell have set a deadline of 3:00 when they're planning to convene caucus meetings on a plan for taxes and spending. president obama was on "meet the press" today andy said the pressure is on congress. on friday, he was optimistic after meeting with congressional leaders, but if they cannot come up to an agreement he wants the senate to put in a bill. live coverage bomb the -- of the senate on c-span 2. returning at 2:00 p.m. eastern in the house with boats as early as 6:30 p.m. -- votes as early as 6:30. you can watch a live house coverage iran c-span. more on the fiscal cliff from this morning's "washington journal." host: our topic is the fiscal cliff. of we have done for last sev
mr. king says he will caucus with the democrats for committee assignments. both chambers of congress are in today for unfinished legislative business including a possible deal on the so-called fiscal deal. the senate is in at 1:00 p.m. eastern to consider two appointments. votes in the senate are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern. majority leader harry reid and minority leader mcconnell have set a deadline of 3:00 when they're planning to convene caucus meetings on a plan for taxes and spending....
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. >> does it change when mr. carney takes over? is he the right man >> on paper he's a central banker and as i wrote over the weekend, he like governor king has incredible toughness, work ethic, sxermt teaexpertise. but that's not everything. because if that was the case, everything would be wonderful. one would hope the bank of england governor has those qualities. so the question is can he work effectively with the banking vukts. we have a committee structure now for financial policy and for prudential regulation which the bank of canada does not. more importantly, when you say what are they going dto do, the challenges mr. carney faced as governor of the huang of england were frankly much easier. he deserves credit for not messing it up, but you had a commodity economy with good demographics where the banking system was safe because they had already been through a horrendous financial crisis a few years before and had locked everything down. and then capital in-flows. so nothing that bad could happen to the -- i don't mean to ma
. >> does it change when mr. carney takes over? is he the right man >> on paper he's a central banker and as i wrote over the weekend, he like governor king has incredible toughness, work ethic, sxermt teaexpertise. but that's not everything. because if that was the case, everything would be wonderful. one would hope the bank of england governor has those qualities. so the question is can he work effectively with the banking vukts. we have a committee structure now for financial...
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what do you guys see, being pros and cons of mr. king's proposal? >> both the cftc and the sec have a role in implementing the volcker rule. i think, the commission hasn't taken any position on this proposal. we're actively engaged with, at a staff level with the agencies, other agencies to move forward with the volcker rule-making, taking into account of enormous number of comment letters we got, 18,000, very complex set of issues but i think we're making a lot of progress, and as a staff person our goal is continue moving forward with the implementation process as expeditiously as we can. >> and though i'm not familiar with the proposed legislation, the volcker rule is one of the more challenging, maybe the most challenging of rules i think the regulators were given, to prohibit one activity, proprietary trading, to help the taxpayers not bear some risk. and yet, permit things that are important in markets. market-making, hedging underwriting and the like. so prohibit one thing, permit another, and then where's the border or bondary between the tw
what do you guys see, being pros and cons of mr. king's proposal? >> both the cftc and the sec have a role in implementing the volcker rule. i think, the commission hasn't taken any position on this proposal. we're actively engaged with, at a staff level with the agencies, other agencies to move forward with the volcker rule-making, taking into account of enormous number of comment letters we got, 18,000, very complex set of issues but i think we're making a lot of progress, and as a...
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. >> bb king. >> jimmy: the one i am kind of driving towards, though, is florence henderson. mrs. brady from "the brady bu h bunch." >> yes. miss henderson did come to visit me. but at that particular time i was in an isolation. anybody familiar with isolation, nobody here looks like they've been locked up before, right? when you're in isolation, you are locked down 23, 24 hours of the day and if you do happen to go somewhere, besides the bathroom, you have to go in shackles. and in shackles, you are basically like this and it's -- you know -- slavery stuff, you know. what i was going to say, when miss brady bunch lady came to visit me. hi, ma'am. hows you been doing? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: think they'd give you a break. >> i've been caught. i've been caught, ma'am. i can't do that to miss brady bunch [ bleep ]. i was going to ask her all the things about greg. cindy went to porno. >> jimmy: cindy went to porno? i did not know that. >> the youngest one. >> jimmy: right. i know marsha got hit by a football. i didn't realize cindy went to porno. >> that's true. >> jimmy: you missed
. >> bb king. >> jimmy: the one i am kind of driving towards, though, is florence henderson. mrs. brady from "the brady bu h bunch." >> yes. miss henderson did come to visit me. but at that particular time i was in an isolation. anybody familiar with isolation, nobody here looks like they've been locked up before, right? when you're in isolation, you are locked down 23, 24 hours of the day and if you do happen to go somewhere, besides the bathroom, you have to go in...
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"the boy kings of texas. " a memoir. domingo martinez is the awe their. mr. martinez now joins us here on the red carpet. this is your story. is that correct? >> it's primarily my story but it's also the story of my family. i go back one generation more and discuss my grandmother's mythology, how she came over to america, and how ultimately her coming across from mexico into america, that sort of spawned this fantastic first generation american story. >> mr. martinez, you were raised in brownsville, texas, right on the border, what was it like during your childhood? >> back then i experienced it as being racially polarized, in a more economic sort of striation, and was very agriculturally based. my parents ran a trucking business that sort of -- basically farm laborers, so kind of a conflicted experience because we would go to school and pretend like we were wealthier than we were, and entirely different, the people who we really are or were, and then we would go home and it was a completely untraditional lifestyle as farm laborers, my brother and myself. my
"the boy kings of texas. " a memoir. domingo martinez is the awe their. mr. martinez now joins us here on the red carpet. this is your story. is that correct? >> it's primarily my story but it's also the story of my family. i go back one generation more and discuss my grandmother's mythology, how she came over to america, and how ultimately her coming across from mexico into america, that sort of spawned this fantastic first generation american story. >> mr. martinez, you...